The VII National Conference on Microfinance
Microfinance in Russia:
New Technologies of Success

Information on Sponsorship Packages

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are pleased to invite you to support the VI National Conference “Microfinance in Russia: New Technologies of Success” as a sponsor or a partner. The Conference will be held between 19 and 21 November 2008 in Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, St. Petersburg.

Becoming an official sponsor or partner of the Conference will allow you to target your audience and to promote your services to providers of SME loans, microfinance and branchless banking services. Moreover, it is an opportunity to publicize your programs in the context of current government policies.

It is expected that the Conference will be attended by Russian policy-makers and legislators, representatives of international finance and credit institutions, raters, Russian and international investors focusing on bank-led and non-bank microfinance programs.

The previous Conference held in 2007 was attended by more than 500 people from Russian regions and other countries, including representatives of the microfinance community, banks, policy-makers and officials, experts in the fields of microfinance and entrepreneurship.

Please contact RMC Vice President on Corporate Finance Rigo Ovchiyan about supporting the Conference as sponsor or partner at +7(495)258-68-31 or email

We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues in St. Petersburg
and we hope to offer you an interesting opportunity!

Sponsor Pack / Amount, Rubles
Platinum Sponsor / 450000
Gold Sponsor / 300000
Official Partner / 200000
Official Sponsor / 150000
Special Sponsor / 100000

Platinum Sponsor Pack includes:

· The Conference and VIP reception attendance by three representatives of the Platinum Sponsor;

· A seat on the Plenary Panel and a plenary address by the Platinum Sponsor representative;

· The Platinum Sponsor’s logo published on the Conference invitation letters, promotional materials, on a poster displayed in the Conference plenary room;

· The Platinum Sponsor’s information included in the Conference program and final report, and published on websites of the Conference co-organizers;

· The Platinum Sponsor’s promotional video (duration up to 5 minutes) broadcast on the monitor in the lobby of the Conference venue;

· Materials provided by the Platinum Sponsor distributed together with the Conference handouts;

· Space allocated in the lobby outside the Conference break-out session rooms for setting up the Platinum Sponsor's promotional display.

Gold Sponsor Pack includes:

·  The Conference and VIP reception attendance by three representatives of the Gold Sponsor;

·  A seat on the Plenary Panel and a plenary address by the Gold Sponsor representative;

·  The Gold Sponsor’s logo published on Conference invitation letters, promotional materials, on a poster displayed in the Conference plenary room

·  The Gold Sponsor’s information included in the Conference program and final report, and published on websites of the Conference co-organizers;

·  The Gold Sponsor’s promotional video (duration up to 3 minutes) broadcast on the monitor in the lobby of the Conference venue;

·  Space allocated in the lobby outside the Conference break-out session rooms for setting up the Gold Sponsor's promotional display.

Official Partner Pack includes:

·  The Conference and VIP reception attendance by two representatives of the Official Partner;

·  A seat for the Official Partner’s representative on a section panel and an opportunity to make a presentation to the section audience;

·  The Official Partner’s logo displayed in the Conference program and final report, and published on websites of the Conference co-organizers;

·  The Official Partner's promotional video broadcast on the monitor in the lobby of the Conference venue (duration up to 2 minutes).

Official Sponsor Pack includes:

·  The Conference and VIP reception attendance by two representatives of the Official Sponsor;

·  The Official Sponsor’s information published in the Conference program and final report, and on websites of the Conference co-organizers;

·  The Official Sponsor’s logo displayed on posters outside the entrance to the main Conference room;

·  Materials provided by the Official Sponsor distributed with the Conference handouts.

Special Sponsor Pack includes:

·  The Conference and VIP reception attendance by two representatives of the Special Sponsor;

·  Support of specific Conference events (plenary or break-out sessions, coffee break, reception, business brunch, reception on behalf of the sponsor, etc.);

·  The Special Sponsor’s logo published in the Conference program and final report, and displayed in the room where the supported Conference event is held;

·  Materials provided by the Special Sponsor handed out during the supported Conference event.

Advertising Rates:

·  A half–page ad in the Conference program - 40,000 rubles;

·  A quarter–page ad in the Conference program - 25,000 rubles;

·  Including information (leaflets, brochures) in the Conference Participant Pack - 15,000 rubles.